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Stop-loss becomes a go

Ten years ago, benefits self-funding and the stop-loss coverage that typically accompanies it was a world occupied mainly by large employers.

By Ingrid Case | Updated on August 01, 2011

Ten years ago, benefits self-funding—and the stop-loss coverage that typically accompanies it—was a world occupied mainly by large employers. Only those with more than 500 employees were typically willing take on the liability of providing employees with medical coverage, and only companies that size generally had cash flow adequate to the job.

Within the last year, however, the world of self-funded benefits and stop-loss insurance has begun to change. Propelled in part by health care reform legislation, smaller companies are self-insuring more often and buying more stop-loss coverage. The result is a bigger stop-loss insurance market—and more flexibility and customization for a wider variety of employers and their workers.

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